Brassey's Naval Annual

Title page of 1887 edition, published 1888

The Naval Annual was a book that sought to bring together a large amount of information on naval subjects, which had previously been obtainable only by consulting numerous publications and chiefly from foreign sources.^[1] It was started by Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, and was first published in 1886.

During its life it underwent a number of name changes.

Editors of Brassey's Annuals 1886–1992^[2]

Naval Annual

• 1886–1891 Lord Brassey
• 1892–1899 T. A. Brassey
• 1900–1901 John Leyland
• 1902–1905 T. A. Brassey
• 1906 John Leyland and T. A. Brassey
• 1907–1913 T. A. Brassey (Viscount Hythe from 1911)
• 1914 Viscount Hythe and J. Leyland
• 1915–1916 John Leyland
• 1917–1918 Not published
• 1919 2nd Earl Brassey and J. Leyland

Naval and Shipping Annual

• 1920–1928 Sir Alexander Richardson and Archibald Hurd
• 1929 C. N. Robinson
• 1930–1935 C. N. Robinson and H. M. Ross

Naval Annual

• 1936 C. N. Robinson
• 1937–1949 H. G. Thursfield

Brassey's Annual – The Armed Forces Yearbook

• 1950–1963 H. G. Thursfield
• 1964–1973 J. L. Moulton

Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook

• 1974–1975 editorial board: S. W. B. Menaul, R. G. S. Bidwell, R. H. F. Cox
• 1976 editorial board: S. W. B. Menaul, A. E. Younger, R. H. F. Cox
• 1977–1979 editorial board: A. E. Younger, E. F. Gueritz, R. H. F. Cox
• 1980–1982 editorial board: E. F. Gueritz, Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw
• 1983–1984 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw
• 1985 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall. Editor: B. H. Reid
• 1986–88 ???
• 1989 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Group Captain G. Gilbert AFC RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal^[3]
• 1990 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Helen MacDonald, Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal^[4]
• 1991 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal^[5]
• 1992 editorial board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A. J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal^[6]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Preface to the first edition of The Naval Annual, July 1886.
2. ↑ Editors from 1886–1986 fromIronclad to Trident, p. v–vi.
3. ↑ Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1989
4. ↑ Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1990
5. ↑ Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1991
6. ↑ Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1992

References

• Brassey, Thomas (ed.), The Naval Annual, 1886.
• Ranft, Bryan (ed.), Ironclad to Trident, 100 Years of Defence Commentary, BRASSEYS's 1886–1986, Brassey's Defence Publishing (part of the Pergamon Group), 1986. ISBN 0-08-031191-1.
• Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1989. ISBN 0-08-036698-8.
• Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1990. ISBN 0-08-037338-0.
• Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1991. ISBN 0-08-040729-3.
• Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1992. ISBN 1-85753-030-6.

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